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American History Review

Who am I?

Question: wrote letters to my husband reminding him to "remember the ladies."
Answer: Abigail Adams

Question: Rode with William Dawes warning the colonist that the "regulars" were coming. Famous for the Boston Massacre engraving.
Answer: Paul Revere

Question: Leader of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower, responsible for signing of the Mayflower Compact in 1620
Answer: William Bradford

Question: First African-American to publish a book of poems. She was kidnapped from West Africa and purchased by John Wheat in 1761
Answer: Phillis Wheatley

Question: Jewish immigrant who used his own money to help support the American Revolution
Answer: Hyam Solomon

What am I

Question: pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince colonist that it was time to become independent from Britain.
Answer: Common Sense

Question: "Congress shall make no law" restricting freedom of spech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
Answer: First Amendment

Question: Signed in 1215 by William and Mary of England, was the first document that limited power of the ruler (The King)
Answer: Magna Carta

Question: sued for his freedom, claiming he lived for over 11 years in free states. The Supreme Court determined that he had no merit to bring his case to court
Answer: Dred Scott v Sandford

Question: The idea popular in the United states during the 1800s that the country must exapan its boundaries to the Pacific
Answer: Manifest Destiny

Who am I?

Question: Leader of the Sons of Liberty, wrote letter of correspondence urging support of several different boycotts and independence. Dumped tea in the Boston Harbor.
Answer: Samuel Adams

Question: Introduced tobacco to the colony of Jamestown which led to economic success and a thriving economy
Answer: John Rolfe

Question: Established the colony of Georgia as a refuge for debtors from England
Answer: James Oglethorpe

Question: Argued against ratification of the Constitution. Anti-Federalist he felt that the Constitution of 1787 gave too much power to the National Government at the expense of the states
Answer: George Mason

Question: Grandson of a black slave, he is considered the first black American elected to office in America (first as a town constable)
Answer: Wentworth Cheswell

What am I?

Question: Was the first American Constitution, a weak document that limited the power of the Congress by giving the states the final authority over all decisions
Answer: Articles of Confederation

Question: formally ended the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) and effectively kicked the French out of North America
Answer: Treaty of Paris 1763

Question: Document written by Thomas Jefferson, declaring the colonies independence for England
Answer: Declaration of Independence

Question: Determined that the Bank of the United States has the right to establish its branches within any state. Established who had the final authority, Federal Government of State? Federal
Answer: McCullough v Maryland

Question: States that powers not given to the federal government belong to the states
Answer: Tenth Amendment

Who am I?

Question: Founder of the colony of Pennsylvania. Leader of the Quakers who believed that everyone was equal in God's eyes.
Answer: William Penn

Question: Leader of the Federalist, first Treasurer of the United States, under George Washington, creator of the Bank of the U.S.
Answer: Alexander Hamilton

Question: President of the U.S. who supported the idea of Manifest Destiny
Answer: James K. Polk

Question: Known as the father of education, fought so everyone would have the right to a free education, provided by qualified teachers
Answer: Horace Mann

Question: Leader of the Women's Suffrage Movement. Partnered with Susan B. Anthony writing the speeches Anthony gave throught the country support the right for women to vote
Answer: Elizabeth Cady Stanton